Global Insider: Egypt's International Borrowing

The Egyptian government is currently in talks with the International Monetary Fund over an emergency loan of $3 billion, after having declined a similar offer from the IMF last year. In an email interview, Magda Kandil, the executive director and director of research at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, discussed Egypt’s international borrowing.

WPR: How dependent has Egypt been historically on international financing, and how has that changed since the revolution? ...